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Publication Moquin-Tandon (1855): summary

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Moquin-Tandon, A. 1855. Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de France, contenant des études générales sur leur anatomie et leur physiologie et la description particulière des genres, des espèces et des variétés 2. 646 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dreissensa Moquin-Tandon, 1855

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 547, 598.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio ater Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio crassus

‘Nilss.’ Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 570.
(reference to Unio ater Nilsson, 1822)

Unio batavus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 573.
(misidentified reference to Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1836 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (4): 24, pl. 20, fig. 283.
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: pl. 45, fig. 3.
(reference to Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio sinuatus compressus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Pseudunio auricularius

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 567.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829)

Anodonta anatina crassiuscula Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Anodonta anatina

Drouët, 1852. Rev. Mag. Zool. (5): 5 [as ‘Anodonta anatina var III’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 558.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

There are 17 available nominal species attributed to this publication (24 total).

Anodonta variabilis crassula Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Anodonta anatina

Drouët, 1852. Rev. Mag. Zool. (5): 11, [as ‘Anodonta piscinalis var. I’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 561.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801)

Anodonta complanata cristata Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 560.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio draparnaudi Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

‘Deshayes’ of Authors.
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 569.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 283.
(error for Unio draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831)

Unio pictorum var. flavescens Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio pictorum

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 576.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Unio flavescens Lea, 1845)

Pisidium hesnlowianum var. inappendiculatum Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Euglesa supina

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 581, pl. 52, figs. 8-10.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825)

Unio pictorum var. milleti Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio pictorum

Millet, 1813. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Maine et Loire: 74 [as ‘Unio pictorum’ var. c].
Millet, 1833. Tabl. Méth. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Maine-et-Loire: 29 [as ‘Unio pictorum’ var. c].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 576.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyclas ryckholtii var. mucronulata Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Sphaerium lacustre

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 595, pl. 53, fig. 42.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas ryckholti Normand, 1844)

Unio moquinianus var. oblongus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio mancus

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 573.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843)

Dreissena polymorpha Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Dreissena polymorpha

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 598, pl. 54, figs. 15-16. [in part]
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Unio pictorum var. radiatus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio pictorum

Millet, 1813. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Maine et Loire: 74 [as ‘Unio pictorum’ var b.].
Millet, 1833. Tabl. Méth. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Maine-et-Loire: 29 [as ‘Unio pictorum’ var. b].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 576.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Unio (Elliptio) viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta variabilis rhomboïdalis Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Anodonta anatina

Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 561.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801)

Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 186, pl. 2, fig. 3 [as ‘Mya rhomboidea’]. [non-binomial]
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 568, pl. 48, figs. 4-9; pl. 49, figs. 1-2.

Unio rivularis Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio crassus

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): fig. 414.
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 571.
(homonym of Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853)

Anodonta rossmaesleriana Lea, 1852 = Anodonta anatina

‘Dupuy’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 562.
(error for Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843)

Pseudanodonta rossmaessleri Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (4): 24, pl. 20, fig. 283 [as ‘Anodonta complanata’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: pl. 45, fig. 3 [as ‘Anodonta complanata’].
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 38 [as ‘rossmässleri’].
Type(s): TYPE SMF_10659, Donau b. Wien.

Unio batavus var. sarratinus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio crassus

‘St. Germain, in litt.’ Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 571.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Anodonta variabilis subcompressa Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Anodonta anatina

Drouët, 1852. Rev. Mag. Zool. (5): 11, [as ‘Anodonta piscinalis var. III’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 561.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801)

Anodonta variabilis subinflata Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Anodonta anatina

Drouët, 1852. Rev. Mag. Zool. (5): 11, [as ‘Anodonta piscinalis var. II’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 561.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801)

Unio moquinianus var. subtriangularis Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio mancus

‘Dup.!, fig. 2’ Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 573.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843)

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